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Top 10 Writing Posts of 2009

December 31, 2009 by Christopher Gronlund 2 Comments

I started The Juggling Writer in September, so I only have a few months of blog posts to pull from. Here are my 10 favorite posts of 2009: 10. The Gift of Reading: One of the best gifts an adult can give a child is a love of reading. Here are 10 reasons why. 9. […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous, The Juggling Writer, Writing Tips Tagged With: goals

Sherlock Holmes

December 30, 2009 by Christopher Gronlund 3 Comments

My wife and I saw the new Sherlock Holmes movie today. We loved it! I haven’t read all of the Sherlock Holmes stories and novels like my wife has, but I’ve read enough to have cringed when the movie was first announced. Guy Ritchie? I thought. Oh, sure, the boxing scenes he directed in Snatch […]

Filed Under: authors, Miscellaneous, Reviews

Backing it Up

December 29, 2009 by Christopher Gronlund 2 Comments

Yesterday, I wrote about how a layoff can be good for a part time writer. I said I would show readers that I follow my own advice. Here it is… Seven years ago I was laid off. I didn’t mope or panic about my situation; instead, I pitched a local travel article to the Dallas […]

Filed Under: Inspiration, Miscellaneous, Writing Tips Tagged With: goals, Writing Tips

2010

December 28, 2009 by Christopher Gronlund 3 Comments

Hopefully you’ve been thinking about 2010 and your writing plans. If you haven’t, there’s still time in 2009 to give it some thought. Call it a resolution — call it a plan, but it’s important to look at next year and decide what you’ll make happen with your writing. *          *           * I could come […]

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Layoffs, a Blessing in Disguise

December 28, 2009 by Christopher Gronlund 8 Comments

We let out a sigh of relief when “the other guys” are shown the door instead of us. We hope the proverbial pink slip never comes our way, especially in a time when the unemployment rate is over 10% and when many of the 90% working are underemployed. It’s not a good time for a […]

Filed Under: Articles, The Juggling Writer, Writing Tips Tagged With: Writing Tips

The Gift of Books

December 25, 2009 by Christopher Gronlund 5 Comments

Yesterday, I wrote about giving the gift of reading. In yesterday’s blog entry, I wrote about how my mom is one of the people who made me love reading. We had a very rare white Christmas in north Texas. (I haven’t seen a white Christmas in 25 years, when I used to live north of […]

Filed Under: authors, Books, Miscellaneous, The Book Pile Tagged With: authors, Books

The Gift of Reading

December 24, 2009 by Christopher Gronlund 2 Comments

Some of my fondest memories are of my mom reading Carl Sandburg’s Rootabaga Stories to me when I was a kid. My sister read…a lot! It’s natural for a younger sibling to do what an older sibling does, so I became a reader, too. One of my favorite Christmas gifts ever was when my dad […]

Filed Under: Books, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Books

5 Writing Lessons in Last Night in Twisted River

December 9, 2009 by Christopher Gronlund 2 Comments

I recently finished John Irving’s Last Night in Twisted River. Irving has been one of my favorite writers since I was a kid. I will never write like him; I have no desire to write like him. But I love reading his books. Even if you’re not an Irving fan, here are five lessons from […]

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Ebooks vs. Books

December 6, 2009 by Christopher Gronlund 7 Comments

In August, 3 million people read ebooks on their iPhones. A school library in Massachusetts went digital. Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Sony, and other companies are investing more in ebook readers. It looks like ebooks are finally becoming accepted. I’ve been buying more ebooks than regular books, lately. At first, it was non-fiction. I vowed […]

Filed Under: Ebooks, Publishing Tagged With: Books, Ebooks, Publishing

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